I really love Tarantino's films. Among world masterpieces: "Amadeus" by Forman, "The Shawshank Redemption" based on King's novel, "Rain Man," "Titanic" (a powerful film, primarily due to its dramatic structure), and, of course, "Andrei Rublev" by Tarkovsky (he is one of my favorite directors). Among directors: Hitchcock, Cocteau, Bertolucci, Leone, Visconti ("Death in Venice"), Pier Paolo Pasolini (especially "The Canterbury Tales" and "Arabian Nights"), Jancso. Among Americans, I really like Richard Donner ("Lethal Weapon," "Assassins").
Actors: E. Evstigneev, Jeremy Irons, Murray Abraham, Dustin Hoffman, Samuel Jackson, Rutger Hauer, and so on